The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1887-05-21
CELLARS AND HEALTH.
How Much Sickness in Farmers FamilieS
Might Be Avoided.

Might Be Avoided.
A cellar under house is a greae
convenience, and generally q neces-
sity. It must be so made that the
changes Of weather outside need not
be felt in it. and while it is kept at as
low temperature as possible in sum
mer, it must not go below the freezing
point in winter. Then again, it must
be dry at all times, so that no mold or
other injury may happen to its con-
tents, and it must be free from all
doors, which are sure to affect unpleas-
antly butter, cream, and some other
foods necessarily kept therein. Fur
thermore, if dampness prevail, OR foul
doors are present, the health of the
family living over it is sure to suffer at
some time or other All fruit, vege-
tables, cider, vinegar and slsch stores
should therefore be kept in q room or
cellar separate from the cellar under
the living room Of the family, where
their butter, cream and jams are kept.
Apples, while sound, are harmless in
g cellar, as also are potatoes, bat the
first rotten one is sure to breed mold
and bad smells. Most roots have
odcrs peculiar to themselves, and
while these odors may not be inju1i-
Gus they are to the flavor of butter and
cream. The eyer-present leakage Of
cider and vinegar barrels causes a
smell which penetrates the most care
fully covered butter jar. and also leads
directly to the growth OF various molds
and other vegetable growths injurious
to the health. If, therefore, the cellar
is large one and can be conve nient-
ly divided, a tight partition can be
made through it, cutting OF the vege-
table, cider and fruit cellar from the
other part, and the entrance into the
cellar from the house above should be
IN this latter part. The outside cellar
door can lead into the other part, thus
doing away with any liability of bad
odors in the living rooms.
The better way where much fruit,
eoots and cider are kept, is to make a
cellar under the barn, or near it, which
can be arranged in convenient rooms,
easy of access, and made frost-proof.
One man Of our acquaint lance, after
losing the sale of some butter, and pay
ing one or two doctors bills, built q
cellar above ground for every thing ex-
cept butter and other family stores
needed at hand during winter. He built
q common balloon-frarned building,
using building paper under the outside
boarding, and plastering the walls in
side. He then set up studs about if
teen inches from the walls I'll around
{on the inside) and lathed and
plastered both sides OF this stud
ding An entry way with
double doors on each side; double
windows in each end, high up, and an
attic well latlled and plastered, rem
dered the building entirely proof
against changes of weather. Ii is cool
in summer, and never freezes in win
ter. One Of the largest manufacturers
OF cider in the State of New York, has
a building like this, in which he stores
several hundreds Of barrels every fall,
to be sold when the market warrants,
or made into vinegar. He has found
that cider, like wine, must be kept in q
dry atmosphere, in order that Che
flavor may be retained in perfection.
He found, also. that after he stopped
storing cider under his dwelling he had
less sickness in his family, and less doc
tors bills.-Ohlo Farmer.